Ocean Avenue & Caton Avenue

Ocean Avenue and Caton Avenue meet at a four-way crossing in Flatbush, Brooklyn. Between 2021 and 2025, 44 police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner. Umma Park Playground is 490 feet away. The nearest subway, Church Av, is about two minutes on foot, for the B and Q. Within a five-minute walk are 12 public places, three of them parks, and 29 places to eat. About 4,200 homes stand within 820 feet, mostly built between 1926 and 1940, most in buildings of ten homes or more.

Safety record
39 hurt
44 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
Church Av
490 feet · 2 min on foot · B, Q
Nearest bus stop
60 feet
Ocean Av/Caton Av · B16, T464
Within a walk
12 places
3 parks, 3 religious buildings and 4 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Ocean Avenue & Caton Avenue Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is Church Av, 490 feet from this corner, about two minutes on foot.

  • 2 lines at the nearest station
  1. Church Av B, Q
    490 feet
    B Q

Next trains at this station

Manhattan
2 lines
  1. B …
  2. Q …
Southbound
2 lines
  1. B …
  2. Q …

Also within a walk

  1. Parkside Av Q
    1,180 feet
    Q

Bus

The nearest bus stop is Ocean Av/Caton Av, 60 feet away, for the B16 and T464.

  • 6 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Ocean Av/Caton Av B16, T464
    60 feet
    B16 T464

Next buses at this stop

  1. B16 …
  2. T464 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

A marked bike lane runs on Ocean Avenue.

  • 42 bicycle racks within 820 feet
  • 5 more bike-share stations within a five-minute walk

Nearest bike-share station

  1. Ocean Ave & Crooke Ave 27 docks in all
    420 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Prospect Expressway westbound at Prospect Avenue & Prospect Expressway, 1 mile by car along the streets.

  1. 2193 Bedford Avenue Gas station
    0.4 miles
  2. 123 Linden Boulevard Charging for electric cars, 20 Level 2 chargers
    0.4 miles
  3. 2699 Nostrand Avenue Fast charging for electric cars
    2.7 miles

Safety record

How crashes are counted

Between 2021 and 2025, police reported 44 crashes at this corner, more than the median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner.

  • 39 people injured
  • 0 people killed
  • 8 of those hurt, on foot
  • 2 of those hurt, on a bike

The most recent crash recorded here was in June 2026.

What the city has done here

  • Leading pedestrian interval, February 2023

About this corner

Where facts come from
ZIP code
11226
Community board
Brooklyn Community Board 14
City Council district
40
Police precinct
70
Neighborhood (City Planning area)
Flatbush
Elevation
55 feet above sea level

The streets

  • Up to two travel lanes
  • A designated truck route

Homes

About 4,200 homes stand within 820 feet of this corner, most of them in buildings of ten homes or more. The buildings holding them mostly went up between 1926 and 1940.

Since 2014 at least 306 new affordable homes have been completed within 820 feet.

Trees

NYC Parks records 45 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the American elm.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 37 signs on these blocks
  • 9 different rules

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between May 2015 and March 2026, and the sign on the street decides.

North side of Caton Avenue

  • No parking 6 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 8:30AM-10AM
  • No standing 3 signs NO STANDING ANYTIME

South side of Caton Avenue

  • No parking 1 sign NO PARKING ANYTIME
  • No parking 6 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 8:30AM-10AM
  • No standing 2 signs NO STANDING ANYTIME

East side of Ocean Avenue

  • Metered parking 2 signs 2 HOUR METERED PARKING 9AM-7PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No parking 1 sign NO PARKING ANYTIME
  • No parking 11 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 8:30AM-10AM

West side of Ocean Avenue

  • No parking 5 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 8:30AM-10AM

Parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Twelve public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 3 parks
  • 3 religious buildings
  • 2 libraries
  • 2 playgrounds
  • 1 garden
  • 1 pedestrian plaza

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Umma Park Playground
    490 feet
  2. Umma Park
    500 feet
  3. Parade Ground Park
    1,070 feet
Show all 6
  1. Detective Dillon Stewart Playground
    1,140 feet
  2. Prospect Park
    1,150 feet
  3. Q Gardens Community Farm Garden
    1,180 feet

Plazas and public spaces

  1. Duane Joseph Plaza Pedestrian plaza
    1,150 feet

Libraries, museums and history

  1. Flatbush Learning Center Library
    1,270 feet
  2. Flatbush Library
    1,280 feet

Houses of worship

  1. Calvary Pentecostal Church House of worship
    880 feet

Bank branches

  1. Bank of America Bank branch
    760 feet
  2. Wells Fargo Bank branch
    1,300 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Key Food Supermarket
    1,020 feet
  2. Ideal Food Basket Supermarket
    0.4 miles
  3. Associated Supermarkets Supermarket
    0.4 miles

Pharmacies

  1. Duane Reade Pharmacy
    0.3 miles

Other stores

  1. Target Store
    1,140 feet
  2. Dollar Tree Store
    0.3 miles

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 29 places to eat and 31 food stores.

Not on record for this corner: a designated landmark or historic district within 820 feet.

Nearby corners

The eight corners within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along Caton Avenue or Ocean Avenue.

Sources: NYC Technology and Innovation, NYPD, NYC DOT, MTA, NYC City Planning, New York City's bike-share system, NYS Environmental Conservation, US Department of Energy, NYC Housing Preservation and Development, NYC Parks, NYC Health, FDIC, NYS Agriculture and Markets and USDA, retrieved September 18 – October 6, 2026.